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Emergency officials direct traffic outside the Sandy Hook Elementary School in the aftermath of the shootings.

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Residents of Newtown, Conn., support each other and grieve after yesterday’s tragedy.

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In this photo provided by the Newtown Bee, a police officer leads two women and a child from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where a gunman opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Newtown Bee, Shannon Hicks)

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President Barack Obama wipes his eye as he talks about the Connecticut elementary school shooting, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, in the White House briefing room in Washington.

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Parents walk away from the Sandy Hook Elementary School with their children following a shooting at the school, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 in Newtown, Conn.

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Relatives react outside Sandy Hook Elementary School following a shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, December 14, 2012. At least 27 people, including 18 children, were killed on Friday when at least one shooter opened fire at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, CBS News reported, citing unnamed officials.

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A couple embrace each other near Sandy Hook Elementary School, where a gunman opened fire on school children and staff in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012

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NEWTOWN, Conn. — The anguish that gripped this bucolic town after the heartless slaughter of 20 elementary schoolchildren as well as their principal and some teachers raced across the world yesterday, shattering the joy of the Christmas season and leaving investigators to search for answers today while heartbroken parents claim their little loved ones.

“Evil visited this community today,” Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy said of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.

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